Hover.



PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. J. L. NIX.

HOVBR. APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1905.

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J. L. NIX.

HOVER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYl'I. 1905.

PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

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UNIT D STATES PA'rENT onFroE.

JAMES LOVE IX. or HOMER crrY, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

i Application filed July 17,1905. Serial No. 270,107.

pable of use in indoor brooding systems, outdoor brooding systems, or colony brooding systems in which the. degree of heat is sub- 'ect to accurate control and which is readily necked down for transportation or removal and as readily reassembled for installation and use. I

In the drawin s, Figure 1 is a-vertical view in mid-section oi the device of my invention.

opening 7,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same.-

3 is a top plan view of my invention.

provide a hover-top 1, shown in the drawings as being cylindrical, but whose form is immaterial. The top l jis su ported by standards 2 and has suspended ahout its outer edge the curtain 3, which is slashed verticall r from its lower, edge, as indicated by the numeral 4,to admit ready ingress and egress for the chicks. Beneath the to 1 I provide thedrum 5, having a vertical raft opening 6. In vertical ahnement with the draft-openm 6 the top 1 is provided with the which in turn is controlled by the damper 8, loosely suspended from a loop 9 at the inner end of the .bar 10 by the link 1 1.

The heat-supply indicated in the drawings is the lamp 12, having the chimney 13, extending into the flue 14. A portion of the heat generated by the lamp 12 and the fumes ghnerated by the lamp 12 pass vertically into t e flue '14and thence horizontally through the flue 15 and pipe-section 16 into and through the drum 5, then vertically through the flue-pipe 17, having the closure 18 at its upper end, about which the openings 19 permit the heat and the fumes to pass into the vertical flue 20. The heat and fumes of the lamp are thence conducted horizontally through the pipe 2] to and through theT extension 22, which is on the exterior of the. brooder. The lamp 12 has seated around its burner the heat-deflector 23, whose function is to deflect the heat of the burner from the body of the lump, thus keeping the oil cool.

As shown in the drawings, the lamp is provided with the housing 24, which is necessary in outdoor but dispensed with in indoor by the lamp serves fresh air admitted to the housin the opening 25, and a portion't ereof arises roved hover,

brooders; The housing 24 isprovided with the'air-opening 25. The warmth generated to'heat the volume of 24 through through the outer concentric flue 26 and outer flues'2 7 and 28 to t e interior ofthe hover 5.

Within the hover I liaye provided a ther -x 'mostat 29, wliich actuates byits expansion thence horizontally throu h the'connecting and contractionthe bar 10 by means of the connectin -rod 30. The bar 10 is pivotally mounted mthe yoke 31 onthe upper side of the hover-top 1 and is provided at its outer end with the counterbalancing-wei ht 3'2.

The bar 10 is provided at or near its lcrum with a shield 33. The u per end of the con-- nectingrod 30 extends oo sely through the shield 33 and is screwthreaded and provided with the adjusting-nut 34. A thermometer 35 is seated 1n the hover through the opening 36 in the hover-top 1. The thermostat 29 is mounted on the bracket'37, to which at its end the bar 38 is pivotally fulcrumed. Midway its length the bar 38 is actuated by the thermostat 29, and at its other end it is connected to the bar 10. u p

The hover-top 1 is adjustably connected to the standards 2 by the thumb-screws 39, in order that it may be raised or lowered to accoiuodate various sizes of chicks, The vertical flue 20 and T extension 22 are open at their bottoms to secure suflicient draft. The

housing 24 is provided with a door 40 to admit the removal and replacement of the lamp 12. The flue 15 is removably fitted into the pipesection 16, and the flue 27 is removably tted into the flue 28. The hover-top 1 may when desired be provided with an air-tight heat-retaining ring 41.

By the described means I haveproyideda' hover which may be mounted in any suitable structure to form a brooder, or it may be used as an outdoor brooder and when-so used is a complete in itself. It may be readily removed from the interior of the brooder-house when desired, and the top being adjustable it may be gradually elevated as the chicks grow and again lowered to accommodate newly-hatched chicks. The temperature within the hover is susceptible of accurate regulation andmay be gradually lowered with the growth of the chicks- It is obvious that one lamp may be connected to supply heat to two or more hovers without departing froln my invention. By means of the nonstruction employed in the flue 20 and T hanger 42, which is tubular in form andthrough which the bar 10 extends.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to have secured to meby the grant of Letters Patent, is-

e '1. In a hover; the combination with a suitable source of heat-sup ly of a drum mounted Within the hover, an lnner flue, 1,6. extendlng from the. exterior ofthe hove; t5 the interior of the drum, an outer flue, 28', extending from the exterior of. the hover. to the in terior of the hover, and heatsupply pipes extending from the source ofheat-sup ly tothe hover anti adantegl to removably ntrespee tively into theinner flue, 16, and ontel flue,

28, substantially as specified.

2. In a haven; a hover-top h drum mount ed beneath the hover-top, a lamp, 'a flue eX- tending from the lamp to the interior of the drum, a concentric flue adapted'to convey heated air to the interior of the hover, a vertical fine extendin fIOlll'illlE interior of the o drum to the exterior of thehover, and a'pipe loosely inelosing the lastmamed fiue and ex;

tending to-the exterior of the hover-top, anl

E T extension mounted upon the outer endof said pipe, substantially as specified.

In testnnony whereof I have signed .my'

name to this'specification in presence of we subscribing witnesses.

- a AMES LOVE IUK Witnesses 5 H. H. SCOTT,

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